Tuesday, December 10, 2013

POETRY DEADLINES


Entries CONTEST DEADLINES

1. Jan 10, 2014 for Mesquite Art and Poetry contest-contact lin at sunrivertoday dot com for forms

2. Jan 10, 2014 Redrock Writers Chaparral poetry contest-(rules from last year) http://redrockwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2013rules.pdf

3. Jan 20, 2014 DSU Southern Quill-writing and poetry deadlines http://www.thesouthernquill.com/

4. Dec 31, 2014 Segullah-LDS women writing and poetry submission  http://segullah.org/submissions/

5. Feb 1, 2014 Utah State Poetry Contest-members need to have dues paid by Jan 1, 2014, non members can submit http://www.utahpoets.com/contests/2014/UTSPSrules2014.pdf


Don't FORGET these special events coming in SPRING

1. March 21, 2014 Poetry in the Park at ZION PARK with John Rezmerski from Minnesota see http://poetry-in-the-park.com


2. March 22, 2014 Redrock Writers Creative Writing Seminar  details http://redrockwriters.org

3. April 25-26, 2014 UTSPS Conference in SLC details coming later http://utahpoets.com

4. June 25-29, 2014 NFSPS Natl. Fed. State Poetry Society in SLC this year http://www.nfsps.com/Strophes2013October.pdf

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

November-December Calendar 2013


UTSPS POETRY ACTIVITIES in St. George UTAH

DIXIE POETS a chapter of UTSPS-Utah State Poetry Society will continue meeting the 1st and 3rd Thurs. 2-4 pm at the St. George library in the basement. Dues are $25/year payable to UTSPS. Local chapter dues are $5/year. More info on our website http://dixiepoets.blogspot.com.

REDROCK WRITERS-a new UTSPS chapter meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 pm. Check out http://redrockwriters.org  for more info. President is Markay Brown and meetings are held at her home. For more info: nadbmarb@gmail.com.  You are welcome to join either chapter (Dixie Poets or Redrock Writers) and attend the meetings of both as suits your needs and time schedule. Email poems for critiquing by Tuesday before the meeting.

Tues, Nov 5-DIXIE POETS  Lesson by Gary Christian on Haiku, Critique session-bring 10-12 copies of a poem or two to share for help.
Thurs, Nov 14, REDROCK WRITERS Second Thursday Open Poetry Readings-7pm at Barnes & Noble.
Tues, Nov 19-DIXIE POETS 2-4 pm at the SG library, critiques only session
Thurs, Nov 21 REDROCK WRITERS 7 pm at Markay’s home, email poems by Tuesday to group

Tues, Dec 3-DIXIE POETS Christmas party 2-4 pm at Veterans Hall 250 N 200 W behind the Sr. Citizen Ctr, bring potluck and some poems to share.
Thurs, Dec 12, REDROCK WRITERS Second Thursday Open Poetry Readings 7pm-Barnes& Noble
Tues, Dec 17-DIXIE POETS 2-4 pm at the SG library, critiques only session
Thurs, Dec 19th REDROCK WRITERS 7 pm at Markay’s home, email poems by Tuesday to group

Jan, 10, 2014 DEADLINE for CHAPPARAL Poetry-Check out http://redrockwriters.org  

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Fall POETRY Activities

DIXIE POETS a chapter of UTSPS-Utah State Poetry Society will continue meeting the 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 2-4 pm at the St. George library in the basement conference room. Alma Richie is president. Annual membership fee is $25 payable to UTSPS (www.utahpoets.com) our organization for poetry throughout the state. For your membership you automatically become a member of the Nation Federation of State Poetry Societies-NFSPS (www.nfsps.com). Membership gives you two books of poetry and many other state and national benefits. Dixie Poets Chapter suggests a local chapter annual contribution of $5 which can be paid at a Tuesday meeting.

REDROCK WRITERS-a new UTSPS chapter that will start meeting on the third Thursday of October. Check out their website (www.redrockwriters.org) for more info. Officers will be elected in October. You are welcome to join either chapter (Dixie Poets or Redrock Writers) and attend the meetings of both as suits your needs and time schedule. Check out their Chaparral Poetry Contest at their website. Entries due before Jan 10, 2014.

FALL CALENDAR
Oct-Dec 2013

Tues, Oct 18-19-SOUTHERN UTAH BOOK FESTIVAL-Jon Sebba-UTSPS Poet of the Year will be visiting and reading his poetry for the Friday banquet and on Sat 11 am for adults. More details.
Fri-Sat, Oct 25-26 Annual KANAB Writers Conference http://kanabwritersconference.com/


Tues, Nov 5-DIXIE POETS-lesson TBA followed by critiques.

Thurs, Nov 14, REDROCK WRITERS Second Thursday Open Poetry Readings 7pm at Barnes and Noble-high school students from PineView will be attending. All welcome to join us.

Tues, Dec 3-Annual POTLUCK Christmas party 2-4 pm place TBA

Tues, Dec 17-Poetry Critiques at the library.


CONTEST NEWS-http://www.pw.org/

Friday, May 3, 2013

Introducing the Dixie Poets

We are a group of individuals living in Utah's Dixie who love poetry. Any poetry published on this blog is considering copyrighted. Please respect that, but also enjoy our sharing. (If published online, many contests won't accept your poems as unpublished. So keep that in mind.)

UPCOMING POETRY DATES 

DIXIE POETS are meeting this summer on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays-come join us! Bring 8-10 copies of 1-2 poems to be critiqued with helpful kind suggestions from our group of friendly POETS.

Tu-Aug 6, 2013-Regular meeting at the library 2-4 pm, critiques. Gary Christian will give a brief lesson on meter and accent.
Tu-Aug 20, 2013-Regular meeting at the library 2-4 pm, critiques.

DEADLINES for POETRY CONTESTS

June 15-July 31, 2013-UTSPS Panorama Publication-submit up to 4 published or unpublished poems for the annual UTSPS collection. More info in http://utahpoets.com, click on Poet Tree.

Feel free to add any comments on this post for contests I may have missed. Thanks, Lin Floyd